Süleyman Sadık Efendi

Süleyman Sadık Efendi was born in Balchik (Balçık) in 1871/72 (AH 1288). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Darüşşafaka, with 12 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1895/96 (AH 1313). The official was then about 24 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1895/96, the official was about 24 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Sirkeci, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu). In 1899/1900 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa), the salary going from 400 to 720 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Sirkeci). In 1902/03 the record shows Mandapost Memuru in Edirne, the salary going from 720 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Svilengrad). In 1903/04 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 600 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Mandapost Memuru in Edirne).

The highest salary, 720 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as Seyyar Memur. 79 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 11 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 320 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.92 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 38 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.